About our Medical Laboratory Science Program

After completing the Parkview Medical Laboratory Science Program, the student will reach these educational goals:

Performing Analyses

• Properly collects and handles all clinical specimens and instructs patients and allied health care personnel in specimen collection.
• States principles of clinical methodology and performs simple and complex analyses with accuracy and precision.
• Correlates test results to clinical disease and normalcy.
• Establishes and monitors quality control programs.
• States the basic principles of instruments utilized in the clinical laboratory and standardizes and troubleshoots them appropriately.
• Evaluates new methodology.
• Assumes responsibility for results, i.e., critically evaluates results and is willing to admit mistakes and repeat procedures.

Solving Problems

• Recognizes, identifies, and solves most technical problems relating to clinical laboratory methodology.
• Anticipates potential problem areas and develops alternatives.
• Evaluates a problem effectively and solves it efficiently.

Organization and Communication

• Utilizes effective, tactful and considerate communication with peers and customers.
• Develops personal schedules.
• Practices basic principles of ordering, purchasing, and maintaining stocks.
• Adapts to the situation.
• Keeps area neat.
• Maintains stability under stress.

Supervision and Management

• Evaluates research reported in the literature and applies to own situation.
• Understands legal considerations of the laboratory including state and federal legislation and professional liability.
• Supervises support personnel and students.
• Evaluates performance of those they supervise.
• Respects roles of other members of the health care team.

Education

• Teaches students and support personnel at the bench level.
• Organizes and presents data orally.
• Participates in education and evaluation of students.
• Recognizes the need for life-long learning.

Through this program, students gain valuable experience a core hospital laboratory.

Computerized laboratory facilities provide a full range of services to enhance the educational process. With the support provided by phlebotomy teams and a client response center, the educational process is enhanced by the variety of cases from the services offered by Parkview Regional Medical Center. The Parkview Regional Medical Center offer services through our adult and pediatric trauma centers, a primary care stroke center, oncology center, and surgical care center.

The Parkview Regional Medical Center lab is staffed by 205 employees, including eight full-time pathologists and more than 85 certified technologists. A library offers students a wide variety of reference materials, journals and electronic media.

Parkview Medical Laboratory Science Program is affiliated with the following academic institutions:

• Anderson University, Anderson, Indiana
• Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
• Defiance College, Defiance, Ohio
• Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana
• Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana
• Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana
• Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
• Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
• Trine University, Angola, Indiana
• University of St. Francis, Fort Wayne, Indiana
• University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana

Arrangements with additional institutions may be made on an individual basis. Students from affiliated institutions will be given preference unless there are extenuating circumstances.

Applicants with a Bachelor of Science degree from any accredited institution may also be considered for admission if the applicant meets all other admission requirements.